Xavier College first opened in 1878 and has a proud history as an Australian educational institution. We have three campuses – the Senior Campus in Kew (Years 9-12), Burke Hall in Kew (K-8), and Kostka Hall in Brighton (K-8) – educating 125 girls from Kindergarten to Year 4 and 1960 boys from Kindergarten to Year 12.As a Catholic school within the spiritual tradition of St Ignatius Loyola, Xavier College belongs to a worldwide network of Jesuit schools whose origins lie in a vision he formulated four-and-a-half centuries ago. A Jesuit education has a clear purpose: the development of a well-rounded Christian person of competence, conscience and compassion who will be of service in the world and has the generosity to make a contribution.